Combat Studies Institute (CSI)

The Command And General Staff College Press is pleased to present "The Proximity Principle," the latest volume in the Art of War Series. This work examines the historical role of US Army chaplains in war and argues that proper place for them is as close to the front as possible....Read More

The Frontier Army Museum, Fort Leavenworth, KS, will be closed from Monday, March 9 - Friday, March 13, 2015 for refurbishing and remodeling work. The Museum will re-open at 10:00 AM Saturday, March 14, 2015....Read More

This provocative study (The United States and the British Commonwealth in Korea, 1950-1953: A Critical Study of the Origins of Joint Publication 3-16, Multinational Operations by Matthew D. Marfongelli), winner of the Arter-Darby Award in 2014, examines the evolution of the multinational effort during the Korean War and its implications for US Army doctrine. To download a copy, go to: http://usacac.army.mil/organizations/lde/csi/pubs#new.

Click here to view the iPhone version of this interactive case study, brought to you by the Combat Studies Institute. ...Read More

The Combat Studies Institute is pleased to publish this staff ride handbook for the War of 1812 in the Niagara region. Between 1812 and 1814, the US Army fought a series of actions centered on the thirty-seven mile river boundary separating the United States from what was then the British province of Upper Canada. There are two innovations with this volume: this study addresses three distinct and successive campaigns and it does not use strip maps for direction.
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